"So, we’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye,” Biden said.

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    She drew crosshairs on congressional districts and tweeted it with the text “Don’t Retreat, Instead - RELOAD”. That is stated in literally the first paragraph of the article your citing, and I can’t help but feel you’re intentionally misrepresenting it to draw a false equivalency.

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      Crosshairs, in a bullseye. It’s the same thing. Republicans at the time were dismissive of the correlation like liberals are about this. Apparently Biden and Co see a connection too as they’ve removed all ads targeting trump.

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        It’s extremely common to remove attack ads of any kind if something bad happens to your opponent. You might know that if you were an American.

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            I’d be interested to hear whether you regularly attend funerals and speak ill of the deceased. They stop their ads for the same reason you don’t shit talk at a funeral: its disrespectful and makes you look like a prick.

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                I’m not asking if you remember them as an arsehole and speak of them like that. I’m asking if you do that at their funeral.

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                  If I happen to attend their funeral and we are talking about them I might bring up them being an asshole. But this conversation has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand

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                    But this conversation has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand

                    They stop their ads for the same reason you don’t shit talk at a funeral: its disrespectful and makes you look like a prick.

                    I’m using an ✨analogy✨ to explain to you why, even if they are “serious about the topic in the ads”, they would stop them when someone dies or a tragedy occurs. Its not some conspiracy about “planned division”, it’s because speaking ill of someone under those circumstances makes you look like (and be) a disrespectful dick.

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        I’m a liberal and I agree with you. Don’t use gun-related jargon to talk about your political opponent. Applies to Palin, applies to Biden.